Major German Expansion

Ryanair Holdings PLC
02 October 2002


RYANAIR ANNOUNCES MAJOR GERMAN EXPANSION - TWO EXTRA AIRCRAFT BASED AT FRANKFURT
                        HAHN - FOUR NEW ROUTES LAUNCHED


Ryanair, Europe's only low fares airline, today announced a major expansion of
capacity and growth at its German base in Frankfurt Hahn. The airline will base
two more new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, bringing the total to five at the airport
from Thursday 5th December 2002 and will launch four new routes with twice daily
services to Rome and Barcelona (Gerona) and one a day services to Bologna
(Forli) and Stockholm (Skavsta) and is increasing its frequency to London
Stansted from four daily flights to six.

Ryanair (from Frankfurt-Hahn) (1)               Lufthansa (from Frankfurt-Main) (2)        Saving
Rome (Ciampino)                €14.50             €584       Rome (Fiumicino)                98%
Bologna (Forli)                € 29.99            €522       Bologna                         94%
Stockholm (Skavsta)            €29.99             €778       Stockholm (Arlanda)             96%
Gerona (Barcelona)             €14.50             €621       Barcelona                       98%
London (Stansted)              €14.50             €452       London (Heathrow)               97%

(1) Ryanair's lowest published one way fares in Euro on 30/09/02 (2) Lufthansa's
lowest published one way fare in Euro on 30/09/02

Making the announcement in Frankfurt today, Ryanair's Chief Executive, Mr
Michael O'Leary said:

'This is another historic day in the development of Ryanair and low fares in
Germany. While others including Lufthansa talk about setting up low fare
airlines in Germany Ryanair just gets on with the job. Only eight months ago, we
established our first German base with three aircraft and eight routes. Such has
been the enormous success of these routes and the widespread acceptance of
Ryanair's low fares service by German passengers that less than one year into
its existence, we are expanding in Germany by over 60%, by basing two extra
aircraft.

'Ryanair's success is based on incomparable customer service in terms of low
fares, punctuality and friendly onboard service. This service has been greeted
with record traffic here in Germany and we are delighted to offer more choice,
more destinations and above all lower fares to many more millions of people who
will fly through this airport during the coming years.

'We already carried over 1 million passengers this year and are set to carry in
excess of 2.5 million next year, making Frankfurt-Hahn Germany's fastest growing
airport. Together with the excellent management here at the airport, Ryanair is
set to make Frankfurt-Hahn not alone the leading low fares airport in Germany,
but position it firmly among the top ten passenger airports in the country. We
acknowledge the very significant contribution by both Fraport and the Government
of Rheinland Palatinate, both shareholders in the airport, in making this
project the success that it is. They and we share the same common goal, to bring
competition and choice to air travel into and out of Germany and to reap the
massive benefits

to the airport and the surrounding region.'




Lufthansa has tried to prevent Ryanair from comparing its services from 
Frankfurt-Hahn with Lufthansa's services from Frankfurt-Main by forcing Ryanair 
to point out the following 'disadvantages' of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport:

Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is located approximately 124 km west of Frankfurt City in
the Hunsrueck region. The airport is not connected to the public transportation
system (however, it is served by a regular bus shuttle from Frankfurt-Main
central station). The airport is accessible to the Autobahn via the B50. Ryanair
does not offer connecting flights, and there are no other connecting flights at
the airport. A bus schedule and directions to the airport are available at
www.Ryanair.com.

However, despite these 'disadvantages' over 2 million passengers have used
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport without problems finding or accessing the airport.

ENDS.                                                      2nd October 2002

For further information
Please contact:

Murray Consultants
Mark Leech / Deirdre Walsh
00 353 1 4980300


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